I Cut The Back of My Frame Off (BUT FIXED IT!) |

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The 1964 Impala, Belair, Biscayne and other 61-64 X-frame cars often have rear frame rails that are rusted, rotted or damaged in some way. Mine was no exception. So, I cut the entire back-half of my frame off, one piece at a time, fabricated new frame rails from 1/8 steel, and rebuilt/restored my frame. There were plenty of mistakes along the way, but I worked through them and got the rusted frame repair done. This video shows how I did the rear frame repair. The whole project took months of late nights, and I filmed as much of the car restoration and fabrication work as I could. In the end, it came out great, and I’m happy with the new rear frame.
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TIME STAMPS:
00:00 I Made My Own Frame Rails (AKA "back half" in the drag racing world)
00:10 This X-Frame is in TERRIBLE condition
03:24 How to remove a rear axle from an Impala
05:07 NOT a Ford 9" axle, even though it looks like one
07:39 How to remove suspension without eating a coil spring
12:44 This 1964 Impala frame is definitely really bad.
13:52 I evaluating the rust and rot and make a game plan
14:38 Making a frame stand for my x-frame
15:49 Taking measurements of the frame to ensure future success
18:31 Cutting Major brackets and shock mount off of the frame
20:25 Removing the first inner frame rail
21:28 Creating a template and a wooden buck/jig for a frame rail
23:07 Look at how much rust is inside this x frame!
24:19 Cutting off the rear frame
24:54 Using a door hinge to locate the rear trailing arm mount
26:02 Test fitting the new DIY frame rail on the driver side rear
27:04 A view of all the frame parts that I cut off and rebuilt from scratch
27:38 I REALLY MESSED UP. See What I did?
30:22 Adding fish plates to my frame for additional structure
31:06 A full review of the "finished" frame with new back-half
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DISCLAIMER:
This video is for entertainment only. I am just a random guy on the internet, not an expert or professional. Do not try to reproduce anything in this video without the guidance of a professional as auto repair, restoration & electricity can be dangerous & destructive.

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@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Thank You for Watching My Car Restoration! 🔔 Don't Forget to Subscribe to This KZfaq Channel: www.youtube.com/@projectcarrescue ➡ 1964 Impala Wagon Car Restoration Video Playlist: kzfaq.info/sun/PLlNa0RcbmQwE75lSo8l2BZl7f5Mxo_FeI

@MarksGarageChannel Жыл бұрын

I love the PSA, Bags, and clear bins!

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it. It’s a mistake I’ve made in the past and won’t make again! :)

@cesarmagdaleno6009 Жыл бұрын

I just want to say. I love the sound effects.

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I think I’m hysterical. My family does not.

@AMB1800 Жыл бұрын

Wow, that was a big project and you knocked it out nicely! Giving a new life to this car 🙏🏼

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It’s definitely a big project, but I really enjoy the process! Thanks for watching!

@CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525 Жыл бұрын

Interesting. Well lot of people are screaming about rust repair. Housing most them or not going to be buying an old car and fixing it up. The taboo subject of cutting and welding your frame and you tackled it with great success.

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It’s a lot of work, but if you love doing it, it’s great fun!

@howardgilbert5008 Жыл бұрын

I love your voice over sound effects. Hilarious!

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Haha - I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching!

@WILODSM Жыл бұрын

Awesome work!!!

@WiringRescue Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Also - nice dsm! I’ll likely have a DSM project in here soon. Stay tuned!

@vicswanby454 Жыл бұрын

Back in the mid 90s when I was in the Marine Corps because so many people were getting hurt by the springs shooting out of a truck we would run a ratchet strap from one spring to the other and just get it to where it was slightly tight and that would keep the springs in the perch. Use it if you'd like it's saved quite a few teeth threw out the rest of my time in the Marine Corps. Something I've used even after I got out. It also helps forgiving them back into the Perch on re assembly.

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

That’s a great tip! Thanks for sharing it and watching the video! Also - Thanks for your service!

@Mrhalligan39 Жыл бұрын

Big props to your sound guy, usually there are problems with pitch rise during fast motion clips, but they handled it perfectly.

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Haha. I’m my own sound guy, and I’m doing my best with the basic skills I have ! Thanks for watching!

@mightymikethebear Жыл бұрын

This a cool video. They say that you need to remove the trash before the repairs can be done.

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Heck yes! There is a LOT of trash to take out on this one! Thanks for watching!

@jayholewinski Жыл бұрын

Bolt organization is key. I agree.

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Yes! It took me 20 years to learn the importance of it, but I’m a believer of organizing bolts now! Thanks for watching!

@mattcasoni Жыл бұрын

If you told me “I’m going to the store to get metal to replace the back of an x frame…” I would say yeah that’s not going to work… but there it is. You did it. Totally awesome and amazing. Thank you for sharing your work. New subscriber #179.

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Lol! Thank you! It’s a weird world I live in, but I’m making it work! Thanks for watching and subscribing!!!

@michaeldonahay8255 Жыл бұрын

I have seen video on shorting frames. I like to see a video on making a frame wider.

@indyfastal Жыл бұрын

Great job. The sound effects were absolutely hysterical...

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Haha! Thank you! I’m glad you enjoy the videos!

@keithgarland3404 Жыл бұрын

Great work, really enjoyed your chassis repairs, when you were doing all the measurements, I thought that doesn't seem right, that the measurements were different from one side to the other. Also you mentioned the possible accident damage to the rear chassis. You managed to get it all square with the use of the Lazer level. Years ago the car manufacturers used to include a diagram and measurements of the chassis in the workshop manual.

@garysgarage.2841 Жыл бұрын

This is some next level shit. That bend you had seems like it went in the direction of gravity from sitting out on it's side.

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

That is very possible! It could have also been a combination of gravity + beginning with a crappy rotted frame. The good news is that it is laser straight now!

@AMStationEngineer Жыл бұрын

Your skill level FAR EXCEEDS your subscriber count, but hang in there! Definitely impressed, and my family was in the autobody biz for 80 years!

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Haha! Thank you! I really appreciate that. I do hope to grow the subscribers and have a cool little community of people with project cars!

@AMStationEngineer Жыл бұрын

@@projectcarrescue; I spent most of the 1970's learning how to 'work metal' from a WWII US Navy veteran named "Freddy", who taught me how to "Pick and file" with a Snap-on body hammer with a curved pick, fresh off the Snap-on truck, which seemed to deduct about 30% of every (part time) bi-weekly paycheck. Freddy provided me a 'well-loved' custom made, medium coarseness Vixxen File with a long maple handle which was made in the late 1940's (not the closed loop handles like they sell now). He set the file up with leather and thin Masonite backing at the very center of the file, which gave it 'a little bow-out in the middle', which delivered some of the smoothest filework you ever saw! Every three months for 15 years, the file was disassembled, placed into a homade "file tumbler" with hardwood (fireplace) ash, which sharpened it,, then moved it to a second tumbler with crushed charcoal combined with Marvel Mystery Oil. I furnished the fireplace ash, and the crushed charcoal. When he retired, Freddy handed me a second file similar to mine, and one of the sharpening tumblers, it was then that I learned that all of the Vixxen files in the shop were built and maintained by him, and that I was the only one who helped with their upkeep. He kept the other 2 files and handle sets, along with the other ash tumbler. It's memories like this that you are making now, and will cherish when you become a "fossil" like me! Good luck!

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

That’s an awesome story & memory! Like you said, I’m trying to make as many of those long lasting great memories as I can!! Thanks so much for watching and sharing!

@alvinbaker8137 Жыл бұрын

you put out a pretty good video! hopefully, you get plenty more subs soon !

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I hope the channel grows too!

@rolandos64 Жыл бұрын

They make some contraption that prints labels. You attach label to your box. You scan label and it tells you what you saved in the box. You would have to write that down in the app for reference

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

That would definitely be great to have. I’ll look into it!

@tommat86 Жыл бұрын

+1 For the "public service announcement". To add to that, you have a phone in your pocket with a camera. Take pictures when taking things apart! Because sometimes you put 20 different bolts, nuts, and smaller pieces in one bag that belongs to one part, but you will also forget what went where exactly...

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Totally agreed! Photos and/or video are hugely helpful! That’s one of the reasons I make these videos actually! Thanks for watching!

@richcaseaxon Жыл бұрын

Tons of work, looks great, nice job

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It really is a ton of work, but I’m thoroughly enjoying it!

@andrewreece3861 Жыл бұрын

Pretty ambitious and impressive work! I like the cut of your jib. You definitely earned a new subscriber.

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Heck yes! Thank you! I’m glad you like the content, and appreciate the sub!

@timpsensky5181 Жыл бұрын

That was a ton of work. You made it look easy

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Haha! Thank you! It was definitely a ton of work! Have a long ways to go still! Thanks for watching!

@tectalabyss Жыл бұрын

New subscriber. Liked and shared.

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I’m glad you like the content!

@ericuncapher9922 Жыл бұрын

Good job 👍

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Lots of work, but very rewarding!

@lynnmackenzie9501 Жыл бұрын

Lot of work for a 64 chev x frame. I did a convert and used parts cars; ended up trashing good frames as no one wanted them but that was 10 years ago..

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I absolutely could have saved time and money by buying a good frame to start with, but I enjoy the challenge of working on the really rusty, unsavable ones. I just zone out and build stuff, its very peaceful to be honest.

@hickeyskustomresto Жыл бұрын

That's a lot of work, well done

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to watch!

@hickeyskustomresto Жыл бұрын

@@projectcarrescue you bet , check out videos

@SamFBM Жыл бұрын

good vide, subscribed !

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!

@lonestarlows Жыл бұрын

That was quite a task. Good tip on the laser level. I guess that should have been done first. 2 things...1. I'm guilty of bins that aren't clear. And I find myself digging thru them every couple months looking for stuff.....2 is that the milwaukee m18 1/2 inch impact? Those things are the mack daddy of electric impacts.

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

@lonestarlows It really was a ton of work, but it was cool learning new things and figuring out how to make it all happen. The laser level would have been GREAT at the beginning. I actually discovered something was weird when I was test fitting the frame under the body for the first time. The mounts were sitting a little off to one side. So I grabbed a laser level at harbor freight and was like “Oh crap”. Lol. That was a good lesson for future builds! The clear bins are key! I just started buying them a couple at a time to replace my old ones, and my part organization is definitely improving! As for the Milwaukee - YES! It was my Christmas present to myself 2 years ago and I absolutely LOVE it. One of the most useful tools I have for sure. Lastly, Thanks a bunch for watching! As you may have noticed, I moved this Impala build over to this new channel because these build videos were not getting any views on my @rattymusclecar channel when mixed into all my wiring videos. So this @projectcarrescue channel is the official home for my Impalas and other project cars!

@lonestarlows Жыл бұрын

@@projectcarrescue 😎😎

@fredhasenbuhler8498 4 ай бұрын

Where did you buy the part for the rear frame? I have a 64 x frame and I need to replace that piece also but can’t find where to buy it. Thank you for any help you can give.

@GTOFERN Жыл бұрын

New subscriber #272. Fantastic work. I’m just curious if taking those measurements while the frame is on its side might have skewed the readings just a hair?

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

It’s very possible that having the frame on its side could have made the measurements wonky, though I did dozens with it flat too. I’m sure it was it was a little bit of everything that caused it to be off. Luckily I was able to straighten it before fully welding it all. I also tested it under the body again when I was done and it seems good now. I’m excited to sandblast and prime it!

@jameslewry2950 Жыл бұрын

Are you sure you know what you are doing, mate, please be careful. Hooroo mate

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Everything seems to be going well so far!

@franciscocollins6715 Жыл бұрын

Is like a Corvette inside of it

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

I wish it performed like a corvette! Sadly, it’s a big ol’ beast of a wagon! Thanks for watching! :)

@robertunderwood6011 Ай бұрын

put a chain throw the spring and the A arm

@guvnorduff Жыл бұрын

You might try chaining the coil spring to the frame for safety. Chain is cheap insurance

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Yes! I’ve done that in the past, but my chain currently has an engine attached to it, so I couldn’t use it! Thank you for watching!

@chriscatarcio2983 Жыл бұрын

If you're going to replace the springs. Cut them with a torch in two places.

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Completely agreed. I’m probably keeping these for now though, so they had to stay in one piece. :(

@keithgarland3404 Жыл бұрын

When is the next episode coming ?

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Great question! I think it will be a few weeks, because I want to sandblast and prime the frame next, and I needed some decent weather for that, which is just now arriving in Massachusetts! Don’t worry, though, I’ve got TONS more work to do on this, and lots of video to make. :) Thanks for staying in touch, and making sure I’m still alive!

@michaeldonahay8255 Жыл бұрын

Where you buy the metal for the rear fram

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

I just went to a local metal supplier, and bought a sheet of steel that was 4x8 feet.

@dagamore Жыл бұрын

Why do your air tools make the same noise mine does? :P

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Weird right!? They all have that same awesome sound!?

@impalasupersport6171 11 ай бұрын

Anything new on the wagon??

@projectcarrescue 11 ай бұрын

Solid question! I had to take a little break because of space issues in my garage, but yes! There is a bit more done. I’ll have videos again soonish! Thanks for checking on me!

@chriscatarcio2983 Жыл бұрын

In a dry state some moron is scraping a perfect rust free frame. For 10 cents a pound.

@projectcarrescue Жыл бұрын

Very true! I wish it were cheaper to ship them to the north east! Thanks for watching!